Tag Archives: business systems

No Plan, No Direction, No Success

Many entrepreneurs think of themselves as spontaneous people.  Get an idea, act on it, and it will automatically become an overnight success.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t usually happen that way.  And, it probably won’t happen that way for you. Despite what you may have heard, most “overnight successes” took a lot of hard work and planning. …

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If It Works, Do More Of It, Don’t Stop

Sometimes we can’t see the forest for the trees. I am always amazed when I see a client, marketer, or entrepreneur stop doing what’s working.  And, sometimes I even begin to twitch when they give me the reason they stopped. I got a frantic call from an associate not too long ago.  He was in…

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Are You Spinning Plates or Breaking Them?

You’ve seen the guy on stage spinning the plates.  He starts at one end and gets a plate spinning, then moves to the next plate, and the next, until he gets to the end of the line of plates.  The hope is that when he gets the last plate up and spinning, all of the…

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A Major Reason Businesses Fail Lack of Business Systems

One of the biggest mistakes business owners and entrepreneurs make is not having business systems in place to run their businesses.  Systems either run your business or people do.  That might sound odd because it seems obvious that you need people to run your business systems.  And, you are absolutely correct you do need people…

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